adverse action

Adverse Action

Any of a number of measures—e.g., reprimands, sanctions, censure or other negative action—taken against a doctor or professional.Adverse actions include any of the following: staff privileges involuntarily reduced, withheld, suspended, voluntarily surrendered, resigned, or revoked, or subject to any special provisions, including denial; restrictions; fine; need for counselling, monitoring, medical or psychological evaluation; probation; loss in whole or part; suspension; termination or refused participation with an insurance plan; issuance of a letter of concern; guidance; censure, or reprimand; administrative letter, expiration of privileges without renewal; nonrenewal; being subjected to disciplinary action or other similar actions or limitations; voluntary or involuntary surrender of licensure or status to avoid or in anticipation of any of the above listed disciplinary actions, regardless of whether said action is or may be reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank or any other officially sanctioned or required registry.

The decision is noteworthy both for its ruling in the unsettled area of what constitutes a materially adverse action and also for the dissent, which accused the majority of usurping the rightful role of juries in making those calls.

Notice of the consumer's right to request and obtain a free copy of the consumer report (from the consumer reporting agency) if the applicant/employee requests one within 60 days of receiving notice of the adverse action

14) We set out the legislative definition of 'adverse action' later in this article, but for present purposes it is sufficient to say that the conduct which is adverse action is a combination of the conduct which was trade union victimisation--dismissal from employment, injury in employment or prejudicial alteration of an employee's employment--and the conduct which was unlawful termination because of a prescribed attribute.

The hospital finds some pretext on which to attack the physician and acts to disguise the adverse action against the targeted physician by conducting a sham peer review-where the truth and the facts do not matter, because the process is rigged and the outcome is predetermined.

Most administrators do not, and proceed to take (or allow a supervisor to take) adverse action against that employee without realizing that the adverse action may well serve as the basis for a wrongful or retaliatory discharge claim.

The new matrices are designed to provide a complete resource for processing all types of adverse action notices with very fast access to the latest state regulatory information and mailing information.

A: The employee may claim that you violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, or FCRA, unless you provide him a copy of the report and a written description of FCRA rights and wait five days before taking adverse action.

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